Loot Drop episode 1: Captain America Super Soldier Gear

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Will “AggroWill” Greenwald presents a new regular video feature: Loot Drop! When geek toys lean much closer to “toy” than “gadget” and are aimed more at either kids or collectors, Will is there to take a look. Nerf guns, giant robots, novelty appliances, and Japanese import figures — all find a place on Will’s bench.

All three toys include some sort of blaster feature, and have interlocking connectors so you can mix and match different parts. The Battle Helmet comes with a small plastic rocket launcher that clips to the side of the mask, the Recon Rangefinder unfolds into a plastic disc-shooting gun, and the Stealthfire Shield has a hidden four-shot Nerf gun built into the star in the middle.

The Stealthsfire Shield is the stand-out toy, just because of how stupidly fun it is. Pull the lever back and a four-shot Nerf gun spins out of the logo in the middle. After you fire four times, the gun retracts automatically. It looks cool despite being silly, though it won’t replace your Nerf Maverick any time soon.

For cube warfare, all three toys are sadly kind of lame. The plastic darts and discs will get lost in minutes, and none of the toys seem to be able to send their projectiles farther than ten feet. That includes the Stealthfire Shield, which shoots inconsistently and seldom sent darts a greater distance than I could toss them myself. Nerf modders might want to play with the mechanism and see if they can turn it into a real cube weapon and not a novelty shield with an unreliable holdout blaster inside.

Hasbro’s Captain America Super Soldier Gear is available at most toy stores and other large retailers. The Stealthfire Shield and Battle Helmet retail for $19.99 each, and the Recon Rangefinder retails for $9.99. The shield’s really fun even if it doesn’t shoot very well, but you can find better Nerf guns and less expensive Cap masks outside of the Super Soldier Gear line.